It had a larger 737-700 fleet of 500 aircraft fitted in a 143-seat layout, compared to a little over 200 of the 175-seat 737-800s. Back then, the -700 accounted for more than three-quarters of ...

A cockpit view pushback, taxi, take off and climb in a Boeing 737-800 (Boeing 737NG) on runway 04R. The video shows what it's like to fly a manual take off /departure in a Boeing 737-800.

The flight usually takes around four hours to complete. The carrier deploys its Boeing 737-800 aircraft on this route, and on February 12, the plane involved in the incident was registered N17244.